Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST

621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,603.49

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,603.49

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$208.45 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $208.45 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $208.45 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $208.45 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $208.45 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $266.18 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $269.39 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $380.03 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $380.03 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $432.94 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $437.75 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $561.22 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $641.40 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $721.57 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $854.66 ↓ -47%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -41%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -41%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -41%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -41%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -41%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,346.42 ↑ +46%
BCBS BAV $2,584.39 ↑ +61%
BCBS PPO $2,927.27 ↑ +83%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,968.21 ↑ +85%
BCBS HMO $3,009.15 ↑ +88%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↑ +111%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↑ +192%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↑ +192%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↑ +264%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↑ +293%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,757.00 ↑ +446%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↑ +461%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↑ +570%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↑ +626%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↑ +649%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +763%

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Prcrd drg 6+yr without anomly at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,273.30 $363.80 – $3,638.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,161.89 $895.87 – $4,479.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,432.13 $71.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,724.71 $71.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,161.89 $843.17 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,432.13 $85.00 – $17,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,432.13 $1,256.60 – $3,648.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,724.71 $71.00 – $4,087.06

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